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Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP (WJM) has welcomed four new trainee solicitors across two of its Scottish offices.

Scotland’s biggest events campus, the SEC in Glasgow has appointed solicitor Morag McNeill as its new chair. Ms McNeill will replace outgoing chair, Will Whitehorn, who was in the position for nine years. She spent her career as a corporate lawyer and was a senior partner in McGrigors before s

The family of David Maxwell Fyfe, the lawyer and statesman, performed their song cycle based on his life in Edinburgh last night.

Dr Mark Robertson of Ryden will present the keynote session at CLT Scotland’s Commercial Property Conference taking place exclusively in-person on Monday 30 October at Murrayfield Stadium. Dr Robertson will provide an assessment of the Scottish economy with a particular focus on residential de

July 2023 saw the publication of a new historical study touching on the relationship between Scotland and slavery in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, in the form of Richard Blake's Sugar, Slaves and High Society - The Grants of Kilgraston, 1750-1860. A beautifully and extensively illustrated

Justice Secretary Angela Constance has written to the Criminal Justice Committee to outline the actions being taken to tackle the rise in the prison population which has been growing consistently since the start of the year. The letter states that the recent increase in the number of people arriving

Lidl has issued an urgent recall on a line of Paw Patrol branded products after discovering a web address on the packaging led visitors to pornography. Four different biscuit and breakfast bar products featuring the images of police pup Chase and pals were affected by the issue, according to a recal

Fifteen new King’s Counsel have been appointed by His Majesty The King on the recommendation of First Minister Humza Yousaf. The new appointees are:

The UK violated the privacy rights of two people whose communications were intercepted and accessed in the UK, despite them both being non-UK nationals living outside of UK borders, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. US national Joshua Wieder and Italian national Claudio Guarnieri, both r

Spencer West has expanded its Scottish team and taken offices in Glasgow.

Land property search firm Millar & Bryce has formed a partnership with Armalytix, a data intelligence firm that allows the safe sharing of financial insights. With source of funds and share of wealth checks both a mandatory requirement, this partnership will allow Millar & Bryce’s

Philip Knight has been appointed as a litigation and arbitration partner in Edinburgh. Mr Knight has extensive experience advising on contractual disputes, real estate disputes, insolvency and director disqualification, licensing, regulatory, professional negligence, interdicts and financial service

Eight new trainees have been welcomed to Gillespie Macandrew.

As most employers will be aware, the duty to make reasonable adjustments for a disabled person applies to workers/employees who have started work, as well as to those seeking work, writes Douglas Strang. Employers must, therefore, consider and comply with the duty to make adjustments when considerin

Time limits have been set on custody courts to prevent them sitting late into the evening as the justice system considers options to mitigate the impact of GEOAmey staffing shortages on the courts. Representatives from the judiciary, SCTS, COPFS, SPS, Police Scotland, SLAB and Scottish governme